Machine to punch electric sign tape or the like



June 27, 1939. 2,164,046

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France Luminograph, Paris,

Application May 24, 1938, Serial No. 209,746 In France May 25, 1937 4Claims. (Cl. 164-115) There exist numerous apparatus composed of amultiplicity of juxtaposed receiving devices, the operation of which iscontrolled by one or a plurality of control bands which are for exampleperforated, provided with projections or with dep-ressions, or printed.Amongst such apparatus, some only have a restricted number of receivingdevices; such is the case for example of pneumatic pianos. Others on thecontrary are composed of a very large number of receiving, devices, asis the case for example in publicity panels which are formed byjuxtaposed elements that are independently capable of changing theiraspect, such as lamps or movable shutters. The considerable number ofsaid elements, which often attains several tens of thousands, no longerenables the use to be made of a series of marks, such as perforations,for example, for controlling each element separately, since this wouldlead, amongst other difliculties, to widths of control bands, or to anumber of control bands, which would be beyond the realm ofpossibilities of industrial construction. This has therefore led todistributing said elements in zones and to effecting two selectionssimultaneously for controlling the operation of an element: viz. theselection of the zone to which said element belongs, and the selectionof the element in said zone. It is well known that if the number ofelements in a zone is represented by m, and the number of zones by n,the number of the series of marks (which for the clearness of theexplanation will hereinafter be'called perforations,

although such marks may be other than perforations) is in this casereduced to (m-i-n) the number of elements of course being (mn). Thedecrease in the number of series of perforations may be carried stillfurther and the zones grouped into sectors; if there are p sectors, thenumber of series of perforations is.(m+n+p) for a number of elementsequal to (mnp).

It will then be understood that each element is characterized by aplurality of perforations, the number of such perforations correspondingto the number of selections necessary, which maybe any number. If forexample the elements are grouped in zones, two selections are necessaryand each element is characterized by two perforations; if the zones intheir turn are distributed into sectors, it will be necessary to elfectthree selections, and each element will be characterized by threeperforations.

The object of the invention is to solve the technical problem whichconsists in constructing a machine capable of automatically producing onthe band the perforations that are necessary for characterizing anelement, as soon as the operator has chosen said element.

With this object in view, the invention consists in the combination ofthe following means:

l. A device (board, cylinden'keyboard'or the like) which materializesfor the operator the whole of the elements which will be controlled bythe band to be perforated, on which device the operator successivelychooses the elements in i the order that suits him;

2. A translating device, which is associated with the former and theeffect of which is to determine automatically the characteristics of theelement chosen (number of the element in its,

zone, number of said zone in the sector, number of said sector in thepanel, etc.);

3. Selecting devices controlled by said translator;

4. And finally marking devices such as perforators, associated with eachselecting device and controlled by the latter.

The invention includes several other detail 'features which will beexplained hereinafter; it

appears, in fact, to be preferable to describe Fig. 3 is a section alongthe line IIIIII of Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a diagram of another modified embodiment of the translatingmechanism.

Fig. 5 shows diagrammatically one of the tensioning devices used in theembodiment of the mechanism shown in Fig. 4.

Fig. 6 is a section along the line VI-VI of Fig, 4 showing adiagrammatical embodiment of an operating handle for the cursor of thetranslating mechanism of Fig. 4.

Fig. 7 is a section along the line VII-VII of Fig. 6.

Fig. 8 shows an elevational view of an exemplary embodiment of aperforator element.

Fig. 9 shows another embodiment of a translating mechanism.

Fig. 10 shows a modified embodiment of a translating mechanism.

Fig. 11 shows an embodiment of a device for selecting by panels.

Fig. 12 is a side elevation in part section corresponding to Fig. 11.

Figs. 13 to 17 relate to an improvement of Figs. 1 to 5 and wherein:

Fig. 13 is an elevational view.

Fig, 14 is a side elevation.

Fig. 15 is a detail view on a larger scale.

Fig. 16 is a sectional plan view corresponding to Fig. 15.

Fig. 1'? is a diagram of connections.

Figs. 18 to 21 relate to another embodiment, and. wherein:

Fig. 18 is an elevational view.

Fig. 19 is a sectional view on a larger scale, along the line A-A ofFig. 18.

Fig. 20 is a sectional view, on a larger scale, along the line l3-B ofFig. 18.

Fig. 21 is a front view corresponding to Fig. 20.

In the example shown in Figs. 1 to 5, the device, which materializes foran operator the whole of the elements that will be controlled by theband to be perforated, is formed by a board I, since this examplerelates more particularly to the preparation of a perforated band forcontrolling the elements of a publicity panel which reproduces the boardI, of course on a very much larger scale. The operator has to draw onthe board I the picture which will appear on the publicity panel, andthis sole operation is adapted to lead to the production of the suitableperforation on the band.

In the example chosen, the elements forming the publicity panel, whichelements are formed for example by electric lamps, are distributed insquare zones of elements each. There are therefore in each zone 10elements which are counted in the vertical direction or in thehorizontal direction. The zones of 100 elements are grouped inrectangular sectors each comprising '7 vertical rows of 5 zones (or inother Words 5 horizontal rows of 7 zones). Finally, the sectors aregrouped in 2 horizontal rows of 3 sectors (or in other words 3horizontal rows of 2 sectors). There therefore exist 6 sectors and 35zones of 100 elements each per sector, which gives a total of 21,000elements to be controlled.

If each element had to be controlled directly by a series ofperforations of its own, it would require a perforated band capable ofcontaining in its width 21,000 perforations. Even if said perforationswere arranged in an oblique line and not in a line perpendicular to thelateral edges of the band, this would obviously lead to a width of bandwhich is incompatible with practical possibilities. But the distributionof the elements in zones and in sectors permits of a return topracticable dimensions, since it suffices to have 6 perforations forcontrolling the 6 sectors of the panel, 36 perforations for controllingthe 35 zones of a sector, and 100 perforations for controlling the 100elements of a zone. The number of series of perforations that arenecessary can thus be limited to 141 instead of 21,000.

It is quite obvious that the foregoing figures are given in a purelyindicative manner, in order to enable the invention to be betterunderstood by the description of a concrete case, but that the inventionincludes all the particular cases which have other figures than theforegoing.

It has, of course, not been possible to show the 21,000 elements on theboard I, the scale of the drawing being much too small; but the 210zones have been shown in dotted lines, and the 6 sectors have been shownin thicker chain dotted lines. It will be understood moreover, from theensuing description, that it is in no way necessary to show saidelements, zones and sectors on the board I; it suffices for the board Ito be similar, with a predetermined factor of similitude, to thepublicity panel.

The translating mechanism is constructed as follows in this example;parallel with one of the horizontal edges of the board I is arranged athreaded shaft 2 which is supported by bearings 3 and 4. The thread ofsaid shaft, which is shown at 5, is of sufiiciently coarse pitch for thescrew to be reversible, that is to say readily rotated by a thrustexerted on a nut 6 mounted on the threaded shaft 5, said nut notrotating. A rule I is secured to said nut 6 and can move horizontally onthe plane of the board I the end I of said rule is guided in a slot 'l'formed in a guiding bar 1 parallel to the threaded shaft 5. In the samemanner, parallel with one of the vertical edges of the board I isarranged a threaded shaft 8 supported by bearings 3 and 9. The thread ofsaid shaft, which is shown at N], is also rather coarse so as to ensurereversibility. A nut II is mounted on the threaded shaft 8, and a ruleI2. which is vertically displaceable on the plane of the board I, issecured to said nut II. The end I2 of the rule I2 is guided in a slot I2formed in a guiding bar I2 parallel to the threaded shaft 8. The tworules 1 and I2 each carry a slot I3 and I 4 respectively.

The pencil of the operator is placed at the intersection of the slots I3and I l and it will be seen that any movement of said pencil for drawingthe desired drawing, involves both a horizontal displacement of the ruleI and a vertical displacement of the rule l2. The nuts 6 and II, whichmove with sa d rules. thus cause the shafts 2 and B to rotate, and theserotations measure the Cartesian co-ordinates of the point whe e theoperators pencil is located at each instant.

In the example chosen wherein each zone com prises 10 (vertical orhorizontal) rows of 10 equally spaced elements, the same pitch has beenchosen for the threads of the shafts 2 and 8. But it will be understoodthat if the spacing of the elements were not the same between theelements of the horizontal rows and the elements of the vertical rows,the pitches of the two threads would not be identical. The unit ofmeasun ment, in the vertical direction and in the horizontal direction,is the spacing between two successive elements; but said spacing isobviously not necessarily the same in both cases.

The shaft 2 rotates through an angle a when the operators pencil travelsthrough the width of a zone; the pitch of the thread 5 is so chosen thatsaid angle a corresponds to 21r or to a whole fraction of 211'. In theexample illustrated, a vr, but any other value could obviously have beenadopted. For the reasons already mentioned, the same arrangement hasbeen adopted for the shaft 8.

The shaft 2 is provided at I5 with a pinion which meshes with a wheel I6 fast on the shaft I1, and the gear-down ratio is so that when theoperators pencil has travelled horizontally through '7 zones, and theshaft 2 has rotated 7w. the shaft I! has rotated through an angle 7r.The reason for this arrangement is that, in the example chosen, thereexist 7 zones in each horizontal row of zones of a sector; and just asit was desired that the shaft 2 should rotate 1r when the pencil travelsthrough a horizontal row of elements in a zone, so it is desired thatthe shaft I! should rotate 1r when the pencil travels through ahorizontal row of zones in a sector. Since each horizontal row ofsectors in the panel comprises 2 sectors, the shaft H is provided with awheel l8 meshing with a wheel IQ of double the radius fast on the shaft28, so that said shaft 28 rotates 1r when the pencil travels through ahorizontal row of sectors.

Such arrangements are not indispensable; if a is the angle of rotationof the shaft 2 when the pencil travels through a horizontal row ofelements in a zone (a equal to or less than 211"), it rotates through anangle equal to (la) when the pencil travels through a horizontal row ofzones in the sector; it suffices for the gear-down ratio r between theshafts 2 and I1 to be such that:

7Cl11'=1r or a whole fraction of 11' Similarly, if R is the gear-downratio between the shafts i1 and 20 it suffices that:

7arR=1r or a whole fraction of 1r since said shaft 28 must not rotatethrough a greater angle than 21r during the travel through a horizontalrow of sectors.

Similarly, the shaft 8 receives a pinion 2| which meshes with a wheel22, the radius of which is times larger (since the vertical rows ofzones comprise 5 zones per sector). The wheel 22 is fast on a shaft 23which receives a wheel 24 meshing with a wheel 25, the radius of whichis 3 times larger (since the vertical rows of sectors comprise 3sectors). The wheel 25 is fast on a shaft 26.

The selecting devices are formed as'follows:

The shaft 2, in this diagrammatical example, carries double contactsarms, numbered from 21 to 21 and each of same moves in front of asemicircular annulus of contacts. Each of said annuli has 10 contactscalled: elemental contacts, which extend through almost the entire angle1r. However, a small final angle is left empty to receive, in any one ofsaid annuli, a special contact 28 the function of which will beexplained hereinafter. It is obvious that the position of the contactarm 21 in its annulus of contacts gives an element of the position ofthe operators pencil in a zone; in fact, the contact arm travels throughan angle 1r as it passes horizontally across a zone. The angle formed bythe contact arm 21 with its original position therefore gives theabscissa, in a zone, of the position of the pencil.

The ordinate is given by a contact arm 29 fast on the shaft 8, andmoving over an annulus of 10 element contacts likewise leaving a smallfinal angle empty where a special contact 38 is lodged. The combinedindications of the contact arms 21 and 28 therefore give theco-ordinates of the position of the pencil inside a zone.

With the assistance of these indications, it is an easy matter toenergize, amongst 100 electromagnets representing the 100 perforatingdevices that are necessary for effecting the perforations of saidelements, the electromagnet which corresponds to the co-ordinates thusdetermined by the translating device. For this purpose, the elementelectromagnets, which are located on the same straight line, as shown at3|, 43, etc., are grouped in tens; there are therefore 10 groups of 10.In the first group, each electromagnet is respectively connected by thewires 33 to the first contacts of the annuli co-operating with thecontact arms 21; on the other hand, each electromagnet of this group isconnected, according to its number in the group, to the contact of thesame number of the annulus co-operating with the contact arm 29; thisconnection is ensured by the wires 34. Similarly, in the second group,each electromagnet is respectively connected by the wires 35 to thesecond contacts of the annuli co-operating with the contact arms 21; onthe other hand, each electromagnet of said second group is connectedaccording to its number in the group, to the contact of the same numberof the annulus co-operating with the contact arm 29; this connection isensured by a suitable multiplication of the wires 34. The same is donefor all the groups, which have not all been shown for the sake ofsimplicity, the drawings showing only the first, the second and thelast, the electromagnets of which are connected to the last elementcontacts of the annuli co-operating with the contact arms 21 by means ofthe wires 36.

The contact arm 29 is connected by the wire 31 and the dead contact 38to one of the poles of a source of electric current 39. All the contactarms 2'! are connected by the wire 48 and the dead contact of 4| to theother pole of the battery 39. It is obvious that the orientation of thecontact arm 29 in its annulus of contacts and of the contact arms 21 intheir annuli of contacts determine the energization of a very definiteelectromagnet of the series 3| etc. of element electromagnets by meansof a circuit which is obvious to any person skilled in the art.

It might seem, at first sight, that it would have been possible not touse 10 contact arms andthat a single one would have sufiiced, byconnecting each contact of the annulus of said single contact arm. toall the electromagnets of the group corresponding to said contact. But,it is not possible to adopt this arrangement as will be readilyunderstood from the following remark: it will be assumed that all thewires 33 are connected to the first contact of the annu lus of thecontact arm 21 all the wires 35 to the second contact of said annulus,and so forth.

The contact arms 29 and 2'! being in the position illustrated, itappears as if the current will only pass through the electromagnet 32.Now, it can be seen that this element would be shunted by the followingcircuit: connecting point 4lelectromagnet 42wires 35 all connectedtogether-electromagnet 43connecting point 44--electromagnet 45--wires 33all connected together. Similarly a multiplicity of other shunts wouldbe seen, whereby the 100 electromagnets would all be energizedsimultaneously and there would be no selection. The arrangement of thetwo contact arms 2'! and of the 10 corresponding annuli is thereforeabsolutely necessary, and the application of said arrangement to themachine described is considered as an important feature.

The selection of the zone electromagnets, which are shown partially from46 to M, is effected in the same manner. The shaft l'i receives fivecontact arms 48 to 48 which are displaceable in front of semi-circularannulicomprising '7 zone contacts and a small dead space which servesfor placing, on one annulus only (for example the first), a specialcontact 49 the function of which will be explained hereinafter. Theshaft 23 receives a contact arm 58 which moves on a semicircular annulusof 5 contacts, with a special contact 5 I The zone electromagnets 45 to41 are distributed in 7 groups of 5. In each group, each electromagnetis connected, on the one hand to the contact corresponding to the numberof the group in each annulus of contacts of the contact arms 48, forexample by the Wires 52 for the first group and by the wires 53 for thelast group, which are the only ones shown. On the other hand, in eachgroup, each electromagnet is connected to the contact corresponding tothe number of the electromagnet in the annulus of the contact arm 50, bythe wires 54 which are suitably grouped. The operation is identical andtherefore need not be repeated.

For the sectors, the 6 electromagnets 55 to 56 are identically selected.The shaft 20 carries 3 contact arms 5'! 5'| 5l which move in front ofsemi-circular annuli of two contacts; the shaft 26 carries a contact arm58 which moves on a circular annulus of 3 contacts. The electromagnets55 to 56 are distributed in 2 groups of 3. In each group, eachelectromagnet is connected to the contact corresponding to the number ofthe group in the annuli of the contact arms 51, and to the contactcorresponding to the number of the electromagnet in the annulus of thecontact arm 58.

The feed mechanism of the perforated band 59 is shown diagrammaticallyby the ratchet 59 which is actuated step by step in the well knownmanner, by the electromagnet 6 l In the example chosen, the band hasbeen required to be fed one step every time a zone is crossed, that isto say that the electromagnet has to be energized each time theoperators pencil passes from one zone to the other, vertically orhorizontally. This is the purpose of the contacts 28 and 30.

In the horizontal direction, for example, the crossing of a zone iseffected when the contact arm 21 has travelled through an angle 7r. Atthis instant, it touches the contact 28, and the following circuit isclosed: battery 39dead contact 4|wire 40contact arm 2'l c0ntact28--relay 62-battery 39. The relay 62 is energized.

At the contact 38, it opens the circuit of all the element, zone andsector electromagnets that are still likely to be energized. It istherefore certain that in any case said electromagnets will bedeenergized. Then, at the contact 63, it closes a circuit for theelectromagnet Bl which is energized and feeds the wheel 59 one step. Assoon as the contact arm 21 leaves the contact 28, the relay 62 falls andthereby de-energizes the electromagnet 5|.

If the crossing of a zone is effected in the vertical direction, thecontact arm 29 touches the contact 30 and energizes the relay 64. Thelatter breaks at 4| the supply of all the element, zone and sectorelectromagnets, then energizes at 65 the electromagnet 6| in the samemanner as above.

The contacts 49 and 5| of the zone selectors need not exist, since it isnot possible to change sectors without changing zones; however, theiruse forms a safety precaution. Said contacts are simply grouped on thecontacts 28 and 30 respectively.

It is obvious that the mechanism of contact arms sliding on contacts,may, without difficulty, be replaced by a system of cams, which aresubstituted for the contact arms and which act by means of push rods onspring contacts which are substituted for the fixed contacts of theannuli. The two systems are absolutely equivalent, the first only havingbeen adopted herein for the con venience of graphical illustration.

In order to decrease the friction and consequently facilitate theoperation of the cursor or the like controlling the rotation of theshafts 2 and 8, only a single semi-circular annulus of contacts could beprovided on the shafts 2, l l and 20, said contacts controlling thecircuits of electromagnets the armatures of which would in turn controlthe circuits 33, 35, 36, 52, 53.

The diagrammatical translating device which has been shown in Fig. 1 mayhave a large number of different embodiments, certain of which will bedescribed hereinafter by way of example only, it being of courseunderstood that they could be replaced by others without exceeding thescope of the unitary combination formed by the main object of theinvention. However, it is specified that said embodiments are detailobjects of the invention and consequently form a part of said invention.

In the embodiment of Figs. 2 and 3, the mechanism is provided, as inFig. 1, with a board I showing or materializing the publicity panel. Astylus W secured to the ear Til of the part II enables an operator tofollow a drawing effected on the board I. The part or cursor H is boredat 72 for adapting on a rod 13 which is fixed to the slides 74 and 14and on which, consequently, the cursor H can slide. On the other hand,said cursor ll is internally threaded at T5 to fit on a threaded shaft1'6, which corresponds to the shaft 8 of Fig. 1, the cursor 1!corresponding to the nut l l It will be understood that the movements ofthe cursor H along the guide rod 13 will produce a rotation of thethreaded shaft 56 the ends of which are journalled respectively in theslides W and 14 On the upper end of the threaded shaft is fixed a bevelpinion H which meshes with a. bevel pinion 18 which is journalled in acage 18* of the slide 14 and which is angularly secured to a shaft '19on which it can slide. The shaft 19 is journalled in bearings 88 and 80*provided in the upper ends of the frame 84 supporting the board I.

The slides 14 and 14 are internally threaded at 8| and 81 for mountingon identical threaded shafts 82 and 82 similar to the shaft 2 of Fig. 1.Said threaded shafts 82 and 8? are respectively journalled in bearingsMi -80 and 83 83 provided at the upper and lower ends of the frame 84 ofthe board I. It will therefore be understood that the lateral movementstowards the left or towards the right of the slides 14 and 14 andconsequently of the rod 73 and of the shaft 16 on which is mounted thecursor H will cause the shafts 82 and 82 to rotate in one direction orthe other.

One of the ends of the shaft '19 is fast the wheel 2| actuating one ofthe two selecting devices, as in the diagram of Fig. 1. Similarly, oneof the ends of one of the shafts 82 and 1-3'2 carries the wheel i3actuating the other selecting device as in the diagram of Fig. 1.

In this manner, when the cursor II is displaced on the board I, it willbe seen that these displacements will be transmitted to the twoselecting clevices in a similar manner to that described with referenceto Fig. 1.

Instead of acting directly on the cursor H to move same, it would bepossible to act on the threaded shafts by means of hand-Wheels or thelike, the cursor H being in that case moved by the rotation imparted tosaid shafts.

It will be understood that, owing to the friction of the various movablemembers, the movement of the cursor ll requires a relativelyconsiderable force. In order to overcome this drawback and as shown inFigs. 4, 5 and 6, a device may be-provided which acts as a servo-motorfor driving the shafts actuating the selecting devices. In thisembodiment, on the shaft I9 are arranged two pulleys 85 and 80 which areadapted to be driven by a suitable motor 205 through the in,- termediaryof belts, one 86 being straight and the other 86* crossed. Said beltspass over pulleys 206-201 and 85--86, and normally have sufficient slackfor there not to be a drive of the pulleys- 85 and 8'6. Furthermore, oneach of the belts is provided a stretching device'such that when it ismade operative, the corres 'londing pulley is driven by the motor.

Said stretching device is formed, for example, as shown in Fig. 5, by aroller 81 over which the belt passes and which is journalled on aspindle 08 provided at the forked end of the core 89 of an electromagnet90 in such a manner that when said electromagnet is energized, theroller 81 moves and stretches the belts, thereby producing the drive ofthe pulley 85 or 86 by the shaft of the also fixed two pulleys 94 and 95which are adapted to be driven by a suitable motor, not shown, throughthe intermediary of belts, one of which is straight and the othercrossed in an identical manner to that indicated above for the shaft I9.

The various electromagnets actuating the stretching devices for thebelts have their energizing circuits controlled by a suitable switchsuch that the stretcher or stretchers which are thus made operative arethose which cause the shaft or shafts to be driven controlling theselecting devices in the direction corresponding to that imparted tosaid shaft or shafts by the movement I of the cursor 'II. In anadvantageous embodiment shown diagrammatically in Figs. 6 and '7, saidswitch is controlled by the operating handle 96 provided on the cursorII. For this purpose, said handle 96 is swivel mounted on the cursor 'IIand has an extension which controls the closing of four switches 'I9899and I00 arranged along twoperpendicular directions respectively parallelwith the shafts I6 and 82 -82 Said switches respectively control thestretch ers of the belts which tend to rotate said shafts in thedirection in which the cursor II itself tends to rotate them when it isdisplaced by means of the handle 96, since it will be observed that saidhandle 96 is inclined in the same direction as that in which the cursor'II is moved.

Likewise instead of using for each of the shafts two pulleysrespectively driven through the intermediary of crossed and straightbelts by a motor having a constant direction of rotation, it would bepossible to use a single pulley driven through the intermediary of astraight belt by a motor having two directions of rotation,.the circuitsof which would be controlled by switches of the type of those actuatedby the handle 90 in such a manner that the motor or motors thus suppliedtend to rotate the threaded shaft or shafts in the same direction as thecursor II tends to rotate same when it is displaced by the operator bymeans of the handle 96.

The handle 96 for operating the cursor II may,

furthermore, be provided witha general switch for the current supplyingthe device, said switch being normally open and adapted to be closed bythe user whenhe grips the handle 96 for displacing the cursor II.

In Fig. 8, an embodiment has been shown of one of the perforatingdevices actuated by the electromagnets the energization of which iscontrolled by the selecting devices. It will in fact be understood thatit is impossible for reasons of bulk to arrange the electromagnets sideby side in such a manner that they actuate directly the members forperforating the band, since such an arrangement would necessitate awidth of band incompatible with the possibilities of industrialconstruction.

In order to eliminate this drawback, the perforating devices are formedby a number of punches IOI which are aligned at suitable intervals andguided in a fixed part I02 placed below a die I03 over the upper face ofwhich passes the band to be perforated I04. Opposite the upper end ofthe punches IOI a suitably guided cross-piece I moves with areciprocating movement. Opposite the lower face of the cross-piece I05are arranged parts I05 which are respectively in contact with thepunches IOI but which do not normally come into contact with the loweroperative face I09 of the cross-piece I05. Each of said parts I00 isprovided at its front part with a heel I08 of such height that when bydisplacing the part I08 said heel is brought opposite the operative faceI09 of the cross-piece I05, it is moved downwards by said cross-piecethereby causing thecorresponding punch IIJI to be depressed andconsequently the band I04 to be perforated. The part I06 is normallyurged towards the left by a spring I I 0, one of the ends of which isfixed on a fixed part, whereas the other bears on the rear end of saidpart I06. The rear end of the part I00 is connected, by any suitablemeans, to the armature of the corresponding electromagnet in such amanner that when said electromagnet is energized under the control ofthe selecting device, the part I00 is pulled towards the right andbrings the heel I08 opposite the operative face, I09 of the cross-pieceI05 so that when said cross-piece I05 is subsequently lowered, thecorresponding punch IN is depressed and perforates the band I04.

Fig. 9 shows diagrammatically another embodiment of the translatingmechanism which has the advantage of eliminating, for one of thecoordinates, any conversion of rectilinear movement into circularmovement, thereby considerably reducing friction. In this embodiment,instead of being plane, the board I is cylindrical and is formed by adrum III! at the periphery of which the drawing is fixed. In order toretain the visibility of said drawing, the same is preferably wound onlyon a half-circumference of the drum I I2. Said drum I I2 is journalledby means of a shaft H3 in fixed brackets H4 and H5. One of the ends ofthe shaft II3 carries a handwheel I I6 or other operating device,whereas the other end is connected to one of the selecting devices.

Opposite the drum and on a fixed frame H8 is adapted to move a suitablecursor III, the rectilinear movementsof which are converted, by anysuitable means, into an angular movement which controls the movement ofthe other selecting device. Thus for example the cursor II! may beconnected to the two ends of a chain I I9 or the like passing overpinions I20 and I2I, one

secured to a bevel gear I22.

of said pinions being connected to the actuating mechanism of saidselecting device,

In another embodiment, the drum II2 could be fixed. In this case, theframe II8 serving as a guide for the cursor III would pivot about thespindle of the drum H2 and the angular displacements of said frame IIBwould in this case be transmitted, by any appropriate means, to one ofthe selecting devices, the other selecting device continuing to beactuated, by any suitable means, by the movements of the cursor I I!along the generatrices of the cylinder H2.

Finally the pivoting of both the drum H2 and of the frame IIB could bepermitted as shown in Fig. 10. In this embodiment, the drum H2 isjournalled by its shaft H3 in the fixed brackets H4 and H5. One of theends of the shaft II3 carries a hand-wheel H6 or other operating device,whereas the other end of the shaft H3 is The frame II8, on which thecursor II'I moves in an identical manner with that described withreference to Fig. 9, is journalled at its end on the shaft H3 and issecured to a bevel gear I23 which is identical With the gear I22 and islocated opposite the latter. A bevel planet pinion I24 meshes with thegears I22 and I23 and is journalled on an axle I25 mounted on an arm I26which is itself journalled on the shaft I I3. The axle I25 drives one ofthe selecting devices and it will be readily understood that by means ofsuch an arrangement, the angular movements of the axle I25 about theshaft II3 will be at each instant the resultant of the angular movementsof the drum H2 and. of the frame H8. The other selecting device will beactuated, as in the case of Fig. 9, by the rectilinear movements of thecursor I I1.

Figs. 11 and 12 show a device for selecting by panels. For this purpose,a panel I30 similar to the board I contains all the elements (21,000 inthe example considered), a second panel I3I contains elementsrepresenting the zones (210 in the example considered), whereas a thirdpanel I32 contains elements representing the sectors (6 in the exampleconsidered). In the panel I30, the elements of corresponding order, ineach of the zones such as defined on the panel I3I, are grouped, whereasin the panel I3I the elements of corresponding order, in each of thesectors such as defined on the panel I32, are likewise grouped.

Opposite each of the panels I30, I3I and I32 and in such a manner as tobe in contact with the elements of said panels, are located brushes I34, I and I35 respectively. Said brushes are provided at the end of armsI31 and I 38 which are secured together. Furthermore, a panel I33 isprovided in front of the panels I30 to I32 and receives the drawing orthe like that it is desired to reproduce. An arm I39, which is identicalwith the arms I31 and I38 and is provided with a handle I enables saiddrawing to be followed by means of a point or the like I4I locatedopposite the brushes I34 to I36. The arms I31, I38

r and I39 are secured to each other by their end opposite that carryingthe brushes and the whole arrangement is journalled on a shaft I42 whichis fixed by its ends on one of the sides of a rigid frame I43 theopposite side of which is journalled on a fixed shaft I44 which issupported by a fixed part I45. It will be seen that when the operatorfollows, by means of the point MI, the drawing which is applied on thepanel I33, the brushes I34, I35 and I36 move in a corresponding manneron the panels I 30,

I3! and I32 on which are arranged the contact studs representingrespectively the elements, the zones and the sectors. Said studs, whichare suitably grouped are connected to the various electromagnets in asimilar manner to that indicated with reference to Fig. 1 for thecontacts of the various banks of the selecting devices.

In order partly to avoid multiplying the studs, a plurality of brushesmay be arranged on each of the arms, each of said brushes correspondingto a certain part of the boards. Thus it would be possible to have onebrush per sector, which would require six brushes per arm in the exampleunder consideration.

The embodiment of Figs. 13 to 17 is mainly characterized by thecombination of the following features:

(1) The board or other device which forms the first element of thepreviously described combination carries fixed contacts which are equalin number to that of the zones, and are arranged in the same manner asthe zone of the publicity panel;

(2) Said board furthermore carries contact frames representing thesectors and limiting same;

(3) A carriage provided with a contact is adapted to move in alldirections on the board, and thus successively touch in any order thezone and sector contacts which are suitably connected to thecorresponding marking devices; said carriage has the shape of a zone andis provided with contacts which are equal in number to the elements of azone and similarly arranged, and are connected by a flexible cable, orin any other suitable manner, to the corresponding marking devices.

Functionally, the selection is effected by moving the carriage over theboard, and by the movement, over the fixed contacts of the carriage, ofa movable contact 209 (Fig. 16) carried like a pencil by the operator.

In Figs. 13 to 16, use is made, as previously in Figs. 11 and 12, of thepanel I3I, representing the zones, but said panel is constructed in asomewhat different manner so that it may at the same time serve (insteadof a special panel I32) as a support for the sector contacts.Furthermore, the panel I30 of Figs. 11 and 12 which previously contained21,000 contacts suitably grouped on 100 wires is in this case replacedby a much smaller panel I59 (Figs. 15 and 16), since it only correspondsto one zone and therefore only carries 100 contacts; this little panelis movable, as

will be explained hereinafter, in such a manner that it can come intoregister with any one of the 210 zones of the panel I3I.

The panel I3I is divided into zones by a metal chequering, all theelements of which are designated by the same reference numeral I50, saidelements serving as contacts characterizing the crossing of a zone forpassing into a following zone. Furthermore, inside each zone is arrangedanother contact; all of said zone contacts have been designated by thesame reference numeral I5I.

The metal chequering I is interrupted, as seen in Fig. 13, at the limitsof each zone; said limits are materialized by metal bands I52 whichsurround the zones, and which form contacts that are intended tocharacterize the passing from one sector into another, as will beexplained hereinafter. Finally, in this embodiment, use is made of alast chequering shown at I53 the elements of which are arranged betweenthe metal bands I52. Said chequering I 53, which is not absolutelynecessary, is intended to serve as contacts for signalling the passagefrom one sector into another.

A rule I59 is movable relatively to the panel I3I parallel with itsvertical sides. The method of guiding said rule I54 may be one of thoseusually employed in certain drawing tables wherein there also exists arule which is movable over the table, the direction of movement beingparallel with the vertical sides of the table, whereas the rule iscompelled to remain parallel with the horizontal sides of the table;such a guiding de- Vice is not part of the invention. In the exampleshown, the rule I54 is provided at each end with rollers I55 which arearranged on either side of the panel I3I and which preferably rollinside guide rails of U-shaped cross-section. The ends of the rule I54are respectively fixed to two endless belts I56 which are supported atthe top and at the bottom by pulleys I51 mounted on upper and lowerparallel shafts I58.

A carriage I59 is movable on the rule I54 parallel with the horizontaledges of the panel I3I. The method of guiding said carriage may also, ofcourse, be of any kind and is not part of the invention. In the exampleshown, the carriage I59 is mounted on slide-ways I66 and, forcontrolling its movement, use is made of a handle I6I mounted on anotherslideway I62 parallel with the two former ones. The handle I6I isconnected to the carriage I59 by belts I63 and I64 which are fixedrespectively at their ends on the handle I6I and on the carriage I59;said belts are guided on return pulleys which are all designated by thesame reference numeral I65 and are arranged at the ends of the rule I54.The shafts of said pulleys are horizontal, as seen in Fig. 14; but inorder to enable their operation to be better understood, they have beenshown with their shafts vertical in Fig. 15.

It will thus be seen that, when the handle I6I is pushed towards theright, for example, the belt I63 is pulled and owing to the operation ofthe return pulleys, this pulling has the effect of forcing the carriageI59 to move in the same manner towards the right. The movement ispermitted without difficulty owing to the fact that the belt I66, whichdoes not serve to pull in the movement towards the right as will bereadily understood, does not offer any resistance to said movement.

The carriage I59 forms a small panel of the size of a zone, as can beclearly seen in Fig. 15, and it carries as many contacts as there areelements in a zone, that is to say 100 in the exam ple chosen. Each ofsaid contacts is connected to one of the conductors of a flexible cableI65 which can follow all the displacements of the carriage I56 and ofthe rule I54. Apart from the 100 aforesaid conductors, the flexiblecable IE is provided with another I65 which is connected to a brush I66which is resiliently mounted as seen in Fig. 16 and is adapted to touch,during the displacements of the carriage I59 and of the rule I5 l, thefixed contacts carried by the panel I3I, that is to say the zonecontacts I5I, the chequering I5I, the metal bands I52 and the chequeringI53.

As regards the electric wiring, the device is constructed as follows:

Each of the conductors of the flexible cable I65, save of course thewire I65a, is connected to one of the perforating or marking devices ofthe machine, as the conductors 3335--36 of Fig. 1.

The zone contacts I 5| are grouped together sector by sector, accordingto their place in said sectors, in such a manner that, for the 210 zonesdistributed in 6 sectors in the example considered, there are 35 zoneconductors issuing from the panel I3I. Said zone conductors are theequivalents of the previous wires 52--53 and they are connected to thezone perforating or marking devices 46-41 shown in Fig. 1.

The metal bands I52 are respectively connected to switching devices forthe sector marking devices shown at 5556, as will be describedhereinafter. Finally, the chequering I5I is connected by a conductor tothe winding of the aforementioned relay 62 of Figs. 1 and 17. It will beadded that the relay 64 and its contacts 65 and 4| are eliminated inthis embodiment.

The chequering I53 is connected by a conductor not shown to a signallingdevice, preferably a sound signalling device, 2 III, which warns theoperator when he passes from one sector to another while he is drawing.

The operation of the embodiment which has just been described is asfollows:

The operator follows the drawing which serves him as a working plan bymeans of a metal point 209 (Fig. 16) connected, like the previousconductor 46, tonne of the terminals of the source of current 39, buttaking care that the panel formed by the carriage I59 is placedunderneath the part of the drawing he is following, and at the same timeexactly on top of a zone of the panel I3I. In other words, the operatorbegins by choosing the zone in which he intends to begin hiswork; hebrings the carriage I59 exactly above said zone; then he closes a switchplaced on the conducting wire which connects his pointer to the sourceof current, and he is thus ready to start work.

The operator first of all brings a general switch I61 (Fig. 17) into theclosed position, then he determines in which sector he is and hedepresses the corresponding contact of a series of switches I68 whichare equal in number to that of the sectors. This operation has theeffect, as will be explained hereinafter, of causing one of the sectorperforating devices 5556 (Fig. 1) to be energized. Furthermore, as soonas the current has been caused to flow by the general switch I61, one ofthe zone perforators 464I has been energized by the brush I66 touchingone of the zone contacts I50 corresponding to the zone covered by thecarriage I59.

The operator then starts his drawing by perforating the paperwith hispoint, taking care that the perforations are effected abovethe contactscarried by the carriage I59. In this manner, at each perforation, thepoint touches one of said contacts and closes the circuit of one of theelement perforators or markers, of the series 3I-32 shown in Fig. 1.

When the drawing is terminated in one zone and it is necessary to passinto the adjacent zone, the operator moves the carriage towards saidadjacent zone. The brush I66 leaves the zone contact it was touchinghitherto, so that the corresponding perforator, in the series 4641, isno longer energized. Then the brush I66 touches the chequering I5I whichhas the effect of energizing the relay 62 which, at the contact 39breaks all the perforator circuits and, at the contact 63, closes thecircuit of the electromagnet 6I which energizes and feeds the strip ofpaper to be perforated, as previously explained. Finally, when the brushI66 touches the contact I56 of the fresh zone, it again energizes one ofthe perforators of the series i647 and the operation starts again asalready described.

In order to explain what occurs when one of the sectors is left, to passinto an adjacent sector, reference will be had to Fig. 17.

When at the beginning the operator depressed one of the contacts I68, heclosed the circuit of an electromagnet I69 actuating the contacts I'IO,i! I which are not subjected to the action of retracting springs, andwhich can only be returned to their initial position when anotherwinding I72 is energized. Consequently, the contacts come into theirleft hand position and remain there until the winding It? is energized.The contact I it! closes the circuit of one of the perforators of theseries 5556.

When the brush touches the conducting band I52 corresponding to thesector under consideration, the electromagnet I12 is energized andreturns the contacts I'II]I'II to their right hand position, so that theperforator which was energized becomes de-energized by its circuit beingbroken at [10. It will be noted that, when passing from one zone toanother, said circuit was broken at the contact 38, but that it wasimmediately closed again when the electromagnet 62 was no longerenergized. Now, the circuit of the perforator is finally closed untilthe relay I69 is energized again.

When the brush I66 touches the adjacent conducting band I52, theelectromagnet I69 corresponding to this fresh sector is energized, sincethe contacts Il-I'H are in their right hand position. The perforator isenergized at the contact Ill], and so forth.

When the operation is completely finished, the main switch IE1 isreturned to its inoperative position. During this movement, the switchI67, which is provided with a number of brushes equal to that of thesectors, that is to say 6 in the example under consideration, touchesthe 6 contacts I13, which are respectively connected to the relays I12.Said relays are energized, without any effect in the event of thecontacts I'IB-I'II being in their right hand position; but for one ofthem the contacts in question had remained in their left hand position,so that said contacts are returned to their right hand position which istheir inoperative position.

Apart from. the sound signalling device for the passing from one sectorto the other, a luminous signalling board may be provided for the sectorand the zone in which the operation is being effected. The circuit ofeach signalling lamp is controlled by a contact which is closed whilethe corresponding perforator is energized. Signalling lamps may also beprovided for the elements themselves; in this case, each lamp iscontrolled by a relay with a maintenance circuit. The relay is energizedat the same time as the corresponding perforator and its maintenancecircuit is opened by the energization of the relay 62. It is thuspossible to ascertain at every instant in which sector the work is beingefiected, in which zone, and what drawing has already been efiected insuch zone. The perforation of the paper gives a further checking means.

The embodiment of Fig. 18 and the following figures is characterized bythe fact that the board or the like carries laterally three series ofcontacts corresponding respectively to elements, zones and sectorssuccessively encountered along this edge or" the board, whereas amovable rule, perpendicular to said edge, also carries three series ofcontacts and a carriage which is movable along said rule, contactsco-operating with the former ones being carried, on the one hand by themovable rule (to rub against those of the board) and on the other handby the carriage (to rub against those of the movable rule).

In this embodiment, there is a board i similar to that of, Fig. l; onthe left hand vertical edge are arranged three series of contacts. Afirst series, comprising insulated contacts I75 forming a line parallelwith the edge of the board, includes 150 contacts since in the examplechosen there are in the vertical direction 3 sectors of zones ofcontacts. Said 150 contacts are distributed in groups of 10, that is tosay that the homologous contacts of each group are grouped together on10 conductors which correspond to the conductors 3:1. A second series ofcontacts is shown at I'ifi; it is composed of metal bands each extendingparallel with the contacts 515 and corresponding to 10 of said contacts,that is to say to a zone. There therefore exist bands I I5 distributedin three groups of 5, that is to say that the homologous bands of eachgroup are grouped on 5 conductors which correspond to the conductors 54,Finally, a third series of contacts is formed by bands Ill which arearranged parallel with the former contacts H6 and each correspond to 5of. the bands I16, that is to say to a sector. electrically connected tothe perforators 56 like the contact bands of the switch 58.

A rule H8 is movable over the board I while remaining parallel withitself, as in the previous example. In this embodiment, said rule isbalanced by counterweights I19, through the intermediary of an endlesscable I86 passing over guide pulleys ESI. Said rule carries brushes I82,I83, I84 each cooperating with one of the three series of previouslydescribed contacts carried by the board I. Furthermore, the rule I78itself carries three series of contacts. One of said scries is formed byinsulated contacts I which are 140 in number, since in this examplethere are horizontally two sectors of seven zones of ten elements each.The second series is formed by fourteen bands I86 of zone contacts eachextending over seven zone contact bands. The contacts I85 aredistributed in groups of it, the homologous contacts of each group beinggrouped on ten conductors; the bands I86 are distributed in two groupsof '7, the contacts of each group being grouped on seven conductors;finally, each contact band I81 is connected to a special conductor.

Each wire corresponding to the contacts I85 leads to a relay, theenergization of which closes ten contacts to which are respectivelyconnected the wires 33, 35, 36. Each wire corresponding to the contactbands I86 leads to a relay, the energization of which closes fivecontacts to which are respectively connected the wires such as 52.Finally, each wire corresponding to the contact bands I8"! leads to arelay, the energization of which closes three contacts to which arerespectively connected the wires such as 53.

On the rule H8 is adapted to move a carriage I88 which carries brushesI89, I90 and I9! each co-operating with a series of. previouslydescribed contacts. The movement of said carriage on the rule can beeffected in any suitable manner, and for example directly by hand, oragain through the instrumentality of a screw I92 for which the carriageI88 forms the nut and which is operated by means of hand-wheels or ofcranks I93. The

Said bands I'll are LII members. may even be so arranged that thecarriage I88 can be actuated at will either directly by hand or by meansof the screw. For this purpose, the carriage I 88 is provided with amovable comb I94 which is normally brought into mesh with the screw I92under the action of a spring I95, but which can be released by a manualpressure in the direction of the arrow, on a lever I96 secured to thecomb I94. This latter, which is pivoted at I91, then becomes disengagedfrom the screw I92 and the carriage can be moved quickly by hand, Whenthe lever I95 is released, the spring I95 returns the comb into meshwith the screw.

By way of example,ofor guiding the carriage I88 on the rule I18 V-shapedslide-ways have been shown for the corresponding projections of thetable of the carriage, and raceways I 99 which are likewise V-shaped,for correspondingly shaped rollers 200 rotating on pins 20I secured tothe carriage. The rule itself is guided on the board by horizontalrollers 202 and vertical rollers 293. Finally, the rule could be movedvertically by similar means to those which were described for thedisplacement of. the carriage on the rule. r

The operation is obviously identical with that previously described sothat it would be super fluous to repeat it for this embodiment which isadvantageous owing to the very small friction it creates, therebyconsiderably facilitating the operation of the apparatus.

What we claim as our invention and desire to secure by Letters Patentis: r

1. In a machine for manufacturing controlling bands having a pluralityof series of controlling marks, marking means grouped in series whichare equal in number to the number of series of controlling marks,selecting means associated with each series of marking means, forselecting one of said means in each series and causing same to beactuated, figurative means representing for an operator the Whole of theelements to be controlled by the controlling band, and

means for actuating the selecting means by said 7 figurative means.

2. In a machine for manufacturing controlling bands having a pluralityof series of controlling marks, marking means grouped in series whichare equal in number to the number of series of controlling marks,selecting means associated with each series of marking means, forselecting one of said means in each series and causing same to beactuated, figurative means representing for an operator the whole of theelements to be controlled by the controlling band, means movablerelatively to said figurative means, for enabling the operator toperform. drawing movements, and means for actuating said selecting meansby said movable means.

3. In a machine for manufacturing controlling bands having a pluralityof series of controlling marks, marking means grouped in series whichare equal in number to the number of series of. controllingmarks,selecting means associated with each series of marking means, forselecting one of said means in each series and causing same to beactuated, figurative means representing for an operator the whole of theelements to be controlled by the controlling band, other figurativemeans which are movable relatively to the first, for representing agroup of elements to be controlled by one of the series of controllingmarks of the controlling band, movable means for enabling the operatorto perform drawing movements, means for actuating certain of theselecting means by the relative movement of the figurative means, andmeans for actuating other selecting means by the movement of the movabledrawing means.

4. In a machine for manufacturing controlling bands having a pluralityof series of controlling marks, marking means grouped in series whichare equal in number to the number of series of controlling marks,selecting means associated with each series of marking-means, forselecting one of said means in each series and causing same to beactuated, a figurative surface representing for an operator the whole ofthe elements to be controlled by the controlling band, means movablerelatively to said figurative surface, for enabling the operator toperform drawing movements, and means responsive to the coordinates ofthe movements of said means movable relatively to said surface, foractuating said selecting means.

ARMANI) ZUCKERMANN, CALLED ARMAND ZOUCKERMANN. ADOLPI-IE JULIEN EMILERENARD.

